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A sermon that recalls how wearing the mantle of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control remembered in stories about blueberries and ducklings presents love your neighbor as yourself as the outpouring of the fruit of the Spirit.
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Blueberries for Sal, double portion, Elijah, Elisha, Episcopal, faithfulness, Fruit of the Spirit, Galatians, Generosity, gentleness, Jesus, joy, kindness, Lost and Found, Love, love your neighbor, Make Way for Ducklings, mantle, patience, peace, Robert McCloskey, self-control, sermon
Sermon for The Fifth Sunday in Lent (5 Lent B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – March 18, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
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Tags: apostle, call of next priest, Christian Formation, Darkness, deep, discernment, disciple, Episcopal, Jesus, joy, lenten willows, Light, Nicodemus, outreach, Psalm 51, resilient, sermon, Service, suzerainty covenant
Sermon for The Third Sunday in Lent (3 Lent B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – March 4, 2018. You can view the teaching of Bishop Stokes on the Five Marks of…
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Tags: 5 Marks of Mission, Bishop Chip Stokes, boldly, Diocese of New Jersey, Episcopal, Grace, Jesus, joy, Litany for Lent, Litany of Penitence, paschal feast, presumptuous sins, sermon, sinfulness, story
Sermon for The First Sunday In Lent (1 Lent Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, March 5, 2017. Click here for Getting Ready for Lent: The Bacon Story. This sermon can viewed…
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Tags: 40 days, Adam and Eve, Affirmation, Apostle Paul, bacon, Baptismal promises, Creation stories, Devil, Episcopal, hunger, Invitations, Jesus, Jesus new Adam, joy, Lent, Psalm 32, Renunciation, Satan, sermon, strength, Temptations, weakness, Wilderness
Sermon for Ash Wednesday (Ash Wednesday) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Click here for the Lent is a Time of Feasting and Fasting bookmark. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Ash Wednesday, ashes, Create in me a clean heart, Easter, Episcopal, Fasting, Feasting, Good Friday, heart, Heart Treasure, Jesus, joy, Lent, Lenten discipline, listening, preparation, Psalm 51, sermon
Sermon for The Last Sunday After the Epiphany: Celebrating The Transfiguration (Last Epiphany A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, February 26, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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The Sermon – The First Sunday After Pentecost: Trinity Sunday (Trinity Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – May 22, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Apostle Pau, Apostle Peter, baptism, creator redeemer sanctifier, Dancing, Doctrine Trinity, Episcopal, father son holy spirit, John 15:11, joy, joy complete, Joy conquers despair, Psalm 16, sermon, suffering endurance hope, Trinity, wedding, wedding dance
Transcription of the sermon preached By The Very Reverend William Carl Thomas The First Sunday in Lent February 26, 2012 At Saint Matthews Episcopal Church, Charleston West Virginia Click here to listen to the sermon. I have to wonder, I…
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